in 1715, his name appeared on an Albany militia roster He was named constable for the second ward in 1710 and firemaster in 1715 and 1717. In that year, he sought to purchase land from the Albany corporation.

In December 1722, he was thirty-nine when he married thirty-year-old
Maria Van Ness at the Albany Dutch
church. She died after bearing two children. In December 1735, Dirck
was fifty-one when he re-married. His second wife was Albany native Elizabeth
Roseboom. His bride was thirty-eight and That union produced only
one child.

Curiously, he does not seem to have been among the heirs named in the
will filed by a brother
in 1743.

An Albany mainliner for fifty years, his name appeared on a list of voters
in 1742. He was a merchant
who lived in the second ward. The census in 1756
noted that he lived in "a good house".

Dirck Van Schelluyne died near the end of 1759 and was buried by his
church. By that time, his son Cornelis,
had taken over his affairs and was left to care for Dirck's widow.